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Jun 13, 2011
Portion of money raised by John Travolta bound for Utah — Salt Lake Tribune
Type: Press
Author(s):
Nate Carlisle Source:
Salt Lake Tribune A Las Vegas fundraiser earned $500,000 for soldiers and emergency responders who say chemicals sickened them and earned Utah’s attorney general coveted photographs posing with celebrities. Sandra Lucas, a Salt Lake City resident who recently became president of the nationwide Heroes Health Fund, said she and a board must decide how to split the proceeds, but Utah residents will see a share. Actor John Travolta was the headline speaker at the fundraiser Saturday at the Wynn Las Vegas. Utah Attorney General ...
Jun 11, 2011
Shurtleff attends Heroes Health fundraiser in Las Vegas headlined by Travolta — Salt Lake Tribune
Type: Press
Author(s):
Nate Carlisle Source:
Salt Lake Tribune Utah’s attorney general and a federal agent who busted drug labs in Utah County will be among the guests Saturday at a Las Vegas fundraiser with actor John Travolta. Travolta is helping generate money for what’s called the Heroes Health Fund, a nationwide program which provides treatment to soldiers and emergency responders who believe they were sickened by exposure to chemicals. The treatment — consisting largely of exercise, time in a sauna and a diet of antioxidants — has its roots ...
Mar 26, 2010
More public servants could join detox regimen — Salt Lake Tribune
Type: Press
Author(s):
Nate Carlisle Source:
Salt Lake Tribune A detoxification program for ill police officers exposed to methamphetamine that has received more than $500,000 in public funding could soon expand to include firefighters and veterans. Sandra Lucas, director of the Utah Meth Cops Project, said efforts are under way to raise enough money to begin this year treating firefighters and soldiers returning from war. She suggested the regimen could help firefighters and soldiers who have worked around burn pits used to dispose of everything from weapons to chemicals in ...
Apr 5, 2009
More state funds quietly budgeted to help cops sweat to health — Salt Lake Tribune
Type: Press
Author(s):
Nate Carlisle ,
Robert Gehrke Source:
Salt Lake Tribune The Utah Legislature continued funding a Scientology-based treatment for police officers exposed to methamphetamine, despite a state-funded study that was unable to find a connection between the drug and officers' illnesses.
As lawmakers were slashing funds for other state programs, they sidestepped public debate and appropriated $100,000 – enough cash for about 20 police officers to undergo the regimen of exercise, sauna time and large doses of antioxidants.
The funding was added by Senate Republicans in the waning days of the ...
Feb 22, 2008
Funding sought for meth cops' health regimen — Salt Lake Tribune
Type: Press
Author(s):
Nate Carlisle Source:
Salt Lake Tribune Funding sought for meth cops' health regimen
Detoxification program is touted by officers, but legislator is asking for scientific proof it works
By Nate Carlisle
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 02/22/2008 01:48:36 AM MST
Retired police officer for the Utah Department of Public... (Steve Griffin/Tribune file photo )
A proposal before lawmakers would allocate $440,000 for police officers exposed to methamphetamine labs to undergo a regimen designed to excrete poisons.
The regimen has roots in Scientology and officers who ...
Nov 21, 2007
Utah Foots the bill for ailing cops' controversial Scientology-based detox treatment — FOX News
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Author(s):
Sara Bonisteel Source:
FOX News [Picture / Caption: Nov. 7: Ailing meth cops sweat it out at an Orem, Utah, clinic.] A controversial Church of Scientology treatment used on World Trade Center emergency responders is being used in Utah to "detoxify" cops who raided methamphetamine labs in the 1980s and 1990s. The Utah Meth Cops Project is treating around a dozen former and current police officers at taxpayers' expense, using a regime devised by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard at a Bio-Cleansing Centers of America facility ...
Nov 8, 2007
Meth cops swear they can sweat off toxins — Salt Lake Tribune
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Author(s):
Nate Carlisle ,
Lisa Rosetta Source:
Salt Lake Tribune Meth cops swear they can sweat off toxics Utah officers undergo treatment at taxpayers expense; experts leery Salt Lake Tribune/November 8, 2007 By Nate Carlisle and Lisa Rosetta Orem – The first time Kelly Call stood beside a methamphetamine lab, he felt a burning in his lungs and eyes. He was exposed to dozens of labs over the years and has had short-term memory loss, shortness of breath and trouble sleeping. But he recently began to feel better, and he credits ...
Nov 8, 2007
Officer Detox — Daily Herald
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joe Pyrah Source:
Daily Herald [Picture / Caption: CRAIG DILGER/Daily Herald Kelly Call (L) and Al Acosta (R) joke together while sitting in the sauna for detoxification. Both men were repeatedly exposed to the toxic chemicals used in meth-amphetamine labs while working for the Department of Public Safety. Acosta says that he has noticed a marked improvement in his health and his moods in the 22 days that he has been in the program. "If my humor is coming back thats a good thing," says Acosta. ...
Apr 10, 2007
9/11 detox program finds home in Orem — Daily HeraldMore: web.archive.org
Type: Press
Author(s):
Brooke Barker Source:
Daily Herald Help is on the way for Utah police officers exposed to methamphetamine labs. "When Mark Shurtleff announced he was going to test out the New York 9/11 Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, to help the meth cops, Dr. (Jerry) Ross and I met with him," said Mike Phillips, a founder of Biocleansing Centers of America in Orem. "He looked at our program and said he wanted us to stay in business long enough to help those cops." The center, at 555 S. ...
Apr 7, 2007
Help on way to Utah // Meth-exposure 'cure' works, says Pleasant View's police chief — Ogden Examiner Standard (Utah)More: anti-scientologie.ch
Type: Press
Author(s):
Tim Gurrister Source:
Ogden Examiner Standard (Utah) Relief may be on the way for police officers ailing because of exposure to methamphetamine labs. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff's initiative on behalf of scores of sick former narcotics officers will soon open an in-state treatment center offering the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Program. "Within 30 days, we hope to start sending cops through," Shurtleff said. A closed drug-detox facility in Orem will house the program, and a nonprofit corporation is being formed to run the center, he said. ...
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